NewsKaren Ziemba Hosts Evening of New Composers June 18 at NYC's Merkin Hall

Jun 18, 2001

2000 Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba doesn't sing anything, let alone a new composer's work, in Broadway's Contact. But the dancer's background is in musical theatre (the original 42nd Street, Steel Pier, Crazy for You), and she's lending her pipes and hosting chops to an evening of fresh showtunes June 18 at New York City's Merkin Hall.

2000 Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba doesn't sing anything, let alone a new composer's work, in Broadway's Contact. But the dancer's background is in musical theatre (the original 42nd Street, Steel Pier, Crazy for You), and she's lending her pipes and hosting chops to an evening of fresh showtunes June 18 at New York City's Merkin Hall.

They will perform numbers from fourteen new Broadway-hopeful musicals including:

Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff MarxCupid and Psyche by Sean Hartley and Jihwan KimDoctor Sex by Larry Bortniker and Mr. DeeringFar From the Maddening Crowd by Gary Schocker and Barbara CampbellFastbreaks by David Bryan and Francine PascalGolden Gate by Richard Peason ThomasThe Girl Most Likely To... by cabaret's Marcy Heisler and Zina GoldrichGlimmerglass by Douglas J. Cohen (No Way to Treat a Lady, The Big Time), Ted Drachman and Jonathon BoltMusical of Musicals by Joanne Bogart and Eric RockwellSuburban Folksongs by Clay ZamboSunny by John Thomas OaksThe Flight of the Lawnchair Man from 3hree by Robert Lindsey Nassif (Elliot Ness in Cleveland, Honky Tonk Highway, Opal)Women by Brian Woodbury

Tickets are $10. Merkin Hall is located at 129 West 67th Street. For reservations, call (212) 501-3330. Merkin Hall is on the web at http://www.ekcc.org. — By Christine Ehren